On Tuesday 6th June a group of Hampshire based physics teachers joined Physics Partners on a tour of Harwin. Harwin is world-leading specialist in reliable and high-performance interconnectors, based in Farlington, Portsmouth. The factory was first built on the site in 1963 and their impressive facilities have expanded and modernised over time. They now use advanced … Read more
After 4 wonderful years leading Physics Partners charity as CEO, we are delighted to wish Bryan Berry well in his upcoming retirement in June this year. Bryan has been a brilliant CEO and the charity has grown greatly under his leadership. He professionalised this small charity, which has previously been mainly run by volunteers, bringing … Read more
We are delighted to announce that Isabelle Haigh has joined Physics Partners at Chair of the Board of Trustees. Isabelle brings extensive experience and expertise. She is a highly regarded energy expert with 32 years of experience in both Gas and Electricity. Until recently she sat on the executive team at National Grid ESO, and … Read more
Science plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our planet, and at Physics Partners, we’re on a mission to inspire and support the next generation of physicists. We’re a small charity focused on enhancing the physics skills of teachers and students, with a particular emphasis on underrepresented groups. We are seeking two new … Read more
Physics Partners are delighted to have received a £15,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation. The team at Physics Partners have strong ambitions to expand our reach to areas of deprivation throughout England. We therefore applied to the Garfield Weston Foundation for their support to allow us to continue to grow our infrastructure. This will … Read more
We are delighted to have secured funding from the Reece Foundation to deliver physics CPD training to non-specialist physics teachers in the North East. We are now inviting schools to apply to be one of the 18 schools supported through this funding. Physics Partners will deliver a series of topic based training sessions, both online … Read more
We are pleased to announce that Tommy Cookson, our Physics Partners Chairman, has been awarded an MBE for services to education in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List. Tommy has had a long and distinguished career in education. He is a founding trustee of Physics Partners and has served as Chairman since 2007. The charity … Read more
At the recent annual conference of HMC member (Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference) our advisor, trainer and former trustee Christina Astin led workshops about cross-sector partnerships. She knows from her extensive work in this area how many independent schools want to team up with their local state schools but are unsure of how to get started. Christina … Read more
Thank you for your interest in our Physics training programme. We are offering CPD training for physics teachers in Hampshire throughout 2021/22. The first session is ‘All About Electricity’ and we will be running this session at different venues across Hampshire: UTC Portsmouth: 4 pm to 6 pm, Wednesday 24th of November Winchester College: 4pm … Read more
IOP DOMAINS online CPD programme An integrated online CPD programme for all those involved in teaching physics, consisting of CPD videos designed to complement live, interactive, online CPD sessions for each physics domain. The CPD videos cover aspects of teaching at 11-14, 14-16 and 16-19 years. Each half term they will be running CPD sessions on two or more … Read more